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250 people get sick after eating at a restaurant at the Walmart Home Office

40/29's Emily Maher tells us what was found found during the latest health inspection

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Updated: 6:11 PM CDT Jul 1, 2014

250 people get sick after eating at a restaurant at the Walmart Home Office

40/29's Emily Maher tells us what was found found during the latest health inspection

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Updated: 6:11 PM CDT Jul 1, 2014

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WEBVTT 250 PEOPLE GOT SICK AFTER EATING AT A RESTAURANT AT THE WALMART HOME OFFICE. 40/29's EMILY MAHER TELLS US WHAT WAS FOUND FOUND DURING THE LATEST HEALTH INSPECTION. IT'S NEW TONIGHT. THIS IS THE HEALTH INSPECTION REPORT - ON IT SAYS THERE WERE NO VIOLATIONS FOUND AT THE HOME OFFICE CAF. BUT THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE GOTTEN SICK FROM EATING THERE, CONTINUES TO GROW. PKG "NO VIOLATIONS OBSERVED" - THOSE ARE WORDS WRITTEN IN THE BENTON COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT'S MONDAY INSPECTION OF THE WALMART HOME OFFICE CAF. A DIFFERENT STORY FROM THE ONE CONDUCTED LAST WEEK WHERE INSPECTORS FOUND SEVEN VIOLATIONS - FOUR OF THEM WERE PRIORITY, MEANING THEY WERE PROBLEMS THAT NEEDED TO BE FIXED FAST. AND WHILE HEALTH INSPECTORS ARE SAYING THOSE PROBLEMS HAVE BEEN CLEANED UP, THE NUMBER OF CONFIRMED CASES OF SHIGELLA HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED SINCE LAST WEEK. SHIGELLA CAUSES STOMACH PROBLEMS. LAST WEEK THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT REPORTED 19 CONFIRMED CASES OF THE FOOD-BORNE ILLNESS, TODAY 42 CONFIRMED AND 173 PROBABLE. LOOKLIVE THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT SAYS THOSE NUMBERS WILL CONTINUE TO CHANGE AS THEY INVESTIGATE PEOPLE WHO SAY THEY COULD HAVE GOTTEN SICK FROM EATING HERE. IN BENTONVILLE, EMILY MAHER 40/29 NEWS. WALMART REPRESENTATIVES SAY THE HOME OFFICE CAFE KITCHEN IS FULLY OPERATIONAL, BUT SALSARITA'S, THE RESTAURANT THAT CLOSED FOLLOWING THE SHIGELLA

250 people get sick after eating at a restaurant at the Walmart Home Office

40/29's Emily Maher tells us what was found found during the latest health inspection